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Fly into New York nowadays and you can’t miss it — unless its loftiest floors are wreathed in cloud. Like a giant stake driven into the heart of Manhattan, 432 Park Avenue is intended to stand out and is perhaps the Big Apple’s most ostentatious skyscraper. When it was completed in 2015, at nearly 1,400 … Read more
Excitement is building at pace for the Falcon’s Flight, set to become the world’s longest, fastest and tallest roller coaster – as the design process for the attraction is now underway. The ride will be the main attraction at Six Flags Qiddiya in Saudia Arabia, a ‘one-of-a-kind theme park’ that’s due to open in 2023. … Read more
Towering nearly two feet over his classmates, 14-year-old Ren Keyu from China has always stood out from the crowd. The ninth-grade pupil, nicknamed Xiaoyu, already measures about seven feet three inches (2.21 metres) in height and is still growing. The boy has applied to be the world’s current tallest male teenager with the Guinness World … Read more
Breathtaking moment base jumper casually plunges 900ft off the world’s tallest bridge in the rain The adrenaline junkie recorded GoPro footage from the Millau Viaduct, France He performed a series of somersaults with ease before opening his parachute He then beamed toward the camera before gliding back down to solid ground By Raven Saunt For Mailonline … Read more
Don’t look down! Daredevil climber without any safety equipment uses his bare hands to climb up the tallest skyscraper in central Paris – before being arrested by waiting police The climber started his ascent just after 7pm at Montparnasse Tower He had no safety equipment and just used his hands to clamber up the building The … Read more
This new museum is sure to hit the sweet spot with chocolate lovers. Called Lindt Home of Chocolate, it is dedicated to the Swiss chocolate brand – and features the world’s tallest free-standing chocolate fountain. It also boasts interactive exhibitions, the world’s largest Lindt shop and a chocolateria, where visitors can make their own sweet … Read more
A 1,550ft Manhattan skyscraper believed to be the world’s tallest residential building has unveiled the first glimpse of what its luxurious apartments will look like. The developer of Central Park Tower, the luxury condo building at 217 West 57th Street which topped out last fall, released renderings showing floor-to-ceiling windows that look out toward Central … Read more
D-Day hero who captured the German army’s tallest soldier in World War Two has died aged 97 Corporal Roberts took the surrender of 7ft 6in Jakob Nacken in September 1944 Before that he was nearly killed several times during the Battle of Normandy He died in his sleep at Bournemouth Hospital on August 1 after … Read more
Is this the scariest ride you’ve seen? World’s tallest swing the height of a 30-storey building opens on the edge of a 2,300ft cliff in China The extreme ride in Chongqing, China, welcomed its first visitors on Thursday It has been certified as the ‘tallest swing frame’ by the Guinness World Records Videos show thrill-seekers … Read more
Bindi Irwin shares unseen photo from her wedding at Australia Zoo as she poses beside the tallest living giraffe By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:30 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 16:30 BST, 21 June 2020 Bindi Irwin has shared an unseen photo from her March wedding to Chandler Powell at Australia Zoo. … Read more